Vocab 9 Review

Single stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar ribose

• RNA

• DNA

• Polypeptide

• Hox gene

Molecules of RNA that carry instructions from the nucleus to the ribosomes in the cytoplasm

• messenger RNA

• ribosomal RNA

• transfer RNA

• RNA polymerase

Type of RNA that combines with proteins to form ribosomes

• messenger RNA

• ribosomal RNA

• transfer RNA

• RNA polymerase

Type of RNA that carries each amino acid to the ribosome during protein synthesis

• messenger RNA

• ribosomal RNA

• transfer RNA

• RNA polymerase

Synthesis of an RNA molecule from a DNA template

• transcription

• translation

• replication

• differentiation

Enzyme that links together the growing chain of RNA nucleotides during transcription

• RNA Polymerase

• DNA Polymerase

• Ligase

• Promoter

Specific region of a gene where RNA polymerase can bind and begin transcription

• promoter

• codon

• intron

• operon

Sequence of DNA that is not involved in coding for a protein

• promoter

• codon

• intron

• operon

Expressed sequence of DNA that codes for a protein

• exon

• codon

• intron

• operon

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

A group of three nucleotides in mRNA that codes for a specific amino acid in protein synthesis

• exon

• codon

• intron

• operon